Is it the way I search or are they telling porkies?
James Lawrie is recorded on FindMyPast but a direct search on there gives negative results.
Two men were killed in the incident the other being one Arthur Shearman ( as written in an earlier article 4/1/1866 in the Glasgow Herald)
A search of FindMyPast using this name comes up with A Sharman. Directly underneath is the entry for your man. The cause of death was given as the catch all, "Drowned at sea" He signed on MIRAMICHI 24/Aug/1865.
If you want total confirmation as to his cause of death (If you don't believe every thing you read in the newspapers) You should be able to get hold of a copy of the logbook record. Probably in her first 1866 logbook.
MIRAMICHI official number 32833.
https://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/viewcombinedcrews.php?Official_No=32833David Lawrie is also on FindMyPast. Try using the search Laurie.